Fiesta Bowl

Maryland beat Penn State and Michigan in football — yes, those two teams were a little down — in its first year in the Big Ten. Both those wins were on the road as the Terps finished 7-6, 4-4 in the league last season. Randy Edsall, who has led Maryland to a pair of winning seasons since leaving UConn after the Fiesta Bowl in 2011, got a three-year extension that begins in 2017 and could be worth up to $7.5 million. He also got an increase of $71,000 in each of the final two seasons of his original contract. The media were tough on Edsall when he arrived in College Park. Look at him now. •Was that a ... yes, it was. A thoroughbred track that canceled races because deer...

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Maryland beat Penn State and Michigan in football — yes, those two teams were a little down — in its first year in the Big Ten. Both those wins were on the road as the Terps finished 7-6, 4-4 in the league last season. Randy Edsall, who has led Maryland...

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EAST HARTFORD – UConn junior linebacker Graham Stewart said he has always felt like he was a Husky.He went to Xavier High in Middletown.Stony Brook senior tight end Will Tye, a transfer from Florida State, said he never felt like he was a Husky. He...

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In college football's game of musical chairs, the big loser is probably Connecticut.
Or, in the expanded game, toss in Boise State,...

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